Nicholas Watt: Ed Balls believes George Osborne's autumn statement vindicates his view last year that the chancellor was guilty of 'ripping out the foundations of the house just as the hurricane is about to hit'

Nicholas Watt: Barack Obama and David Cameron did strike different chords in some areas. But there was no Ted Heath / Richard Nixon frostiness just as there is no Margaret Thatcher / Ronald Reagan love-in

Is David Cameron being entirely fair? In a statement to MPs on last Friday's European summit, the prime minister repeated a canard about Labour's role in making Britain liable for part of the bailout mechanism for the eurozone.